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Forces of Nature
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
A Sunday Times best seller.
A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking audiobook accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions.
'What is motion?'
'Why is every snowflake different?'
'Why is life symmetrical?'
To answer these and many other questions, Professor Brian Cox uncovers some of the most extraordinary natural events on Earth and in the universe and beyond.
From the immensity of the universe and the roundness of Earth to the form of every single snowflake, the forces of nature shape everything we see. Pushed to extremes, the results are astonishing. In seeking to understand the everyday world, the colours, structure, behaviour and history of our home, we develop the knowledge and techniques necessary to step beyond the everyday and approach the universe beyond.
Forces of Nature takes you to the great plains of the Serengeti, the volcanoes of Indonesia and the precipitous cliffs in Nepal to the humpback whales of the Caribbean and the northern lights of the Arctic. Brian will answer questions on Earth that will illuminate our understanding of the universe.
Think you know our planet?
Think again.
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- Thomas Brown
- 12-04-21
Great book - Cox & Cohen deliver great content
Great book, Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen graciously share their knowledge and experiences in the world of science to educate the masses on the universe's greatest mysteries in great bitesize and understandable content.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-04-20
Absolutely superb
Very easy to listen to very educational I now understand quarks and gluons and relativity
Just Brilliant and well read
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- John
- 19-06-18
superb!
Tough going at times for my GCSE level (and very distant) physics but delivered so passionately and entertainingly it kept me engaged to the last.
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- Phil H
- 25-01-19
Concentration required
Most of the audible books don't always require your attention all the time, sure, you can miss a bit of the story, but usually you'll pick it up later.
This book isn't like that. It's not one to listen to while driving for example. It really does need your attention, and if you miss a bit it won't make sense and you'll need to rewind.
That warning aside it's a good book, the narrator does a good job and it nicely explains some of the physics and phenomenons around us. It's nice to understand fictional forces for example. There's little I could say bad about this in reality, just make sure you pick the right time to listen to get the most from it.
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- JPhil
- 09-12-17
fantastic book
everyone should listen to this... it's great! a celebration of the beautiful patterns and principles that lie in wait to be discovered by the curious. To understand the rainbow is not to unweave its beauty but to appreciate it more fully.
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- Gunnar Dröge
- 15-08-21
inpirational, beautiful, interesting
Challenging at times, so maybe not for the 10min bus rides, but almost annoyingly witty and fun to follow.
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- mahabibi
- 14-04-17
As always understandable science
A well written book with light entertainment value while adding to knowledge of our universe. Thank you.hari
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- Swords and Spectres
- 01-11-21
Addictive from start to finish
I'll not make this an overly long review as I'm no scientist and, therefor, not qualified to delve into this into too much detail.
As I said, I am no scientist, but this book does not require you to be one. It simply requires that you have a curious mind as to how everything works and an urge to dive a tad deeper than simply being curious. The science in this book is accessible to anyone. There are, obviously, times when it does advance a tad, but for the most part it's kept at a level where anyone can pick it up and feel like they're along for the ride rather than simply nodding, smiling and waiting for the smart men with the big words to go away and leave you in peace.
The writing style is very witty and engaging, something that a lot of science books I've tried either attempt and don't do very well, fail at all together, or simply do not try. In the case of the latter, it's hardly their fault. Most scientists write for other scientists so assume all the big words and equations are understood (thankfully Cox and Cohen aren't solely of that school of thought).
I enjoyed this from start to finish and was thoroughly upset when it ended. I wanted there to be more, more, more. But, that's what these books are designed to do: give you a taste for the main course; a main course you need to track down and devour on your own, as opposed to being spoon fed here.
If you've the slightest curiosity about the world, solar system and universe around you, I'd highly recommend picking up this book (and others like it). Some of the things in here opened my eyes to different ways of seeing the world and I look forward to diving into more of their work to continue that journey.
Samuel West's narration is utterly brilliant. It makes the witty, far more so and adds to the enjoyability factor knowing he was the narrator who did the original show. If that man was reading me the instructions to a microwave oven I'd sit down, take note and expect to enjoy it.
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- G O'Sullivan
- 27-06-20
Really excellent
Brain Cox delights as a writer and not just in screen. Lovely sense of humour and explains the complicated stuff. The equations can be a bit much but Cox’s delight in them is an insight into the world of physics and it’s proponents for the less inducted of us.
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- Mr N J Cole
- 23-07-18
Fantastic, a must listen for anyone
A wonderful book. Great for all ages with a curious nature as to how our world works.
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